Thomas Schranz

Co-founder & CTO

2024 - Current

Angel Investor

2021

jetpack is a robotics company based in Berlin most recent product: 🐛 flatcat This fluffy little robot companion will do anything it wants to do. No remote, no app. flatcat reacts to touch instantaneously, playfully explores its environment, and develops individual preferences. "The creepiest robot I've ever seen" — Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo) https://gizmodo.com/the-flatcat-cant-even-walk-but-its-instantly-the-creep-1846366550 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWqo2P_viWA Now available on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bakiwi/flatcat

Partner

2016

Hackathons with Aliens, Zombies & Time Travel

Founder & CEO

2011

Lifting the world of mobile & web application development to the next level. https://www.blossom.co

Technical Director

2010 - 2011

Development of social media campaigns for Red Bull, Jim Beam, DiTech and other well known brands on top of Facebook and Google App Engine using CoffeeScript and Backbone.js

Tutor

2008 - 2009

Worked on an automated specification/verification & testing system for programming challenges related to the class "Introduction to Programming with Java". Additionally I was mentoring and grading the performance of students who attended the class.

Software Engineer

2008 - 2009

Built version 2.0 of play.fm using symfony, doctrine & jQuery. I was mainly responsible for Database Design, Object Relational Mapping, Facebook Integration and Scaling of Realtime Notifications.

Conscript

2005 - 2006

Basic military training as conscript in the Austrian Armed Forces with focus on military logistics & infrastructure.